Where does “xèh” come from?

xèh (Dogrib) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *χeˑɬ — pack.

xèh (Dogrib): darkness

Definitions

  1. darkness

Ancestry of “xèh”, step by step

xèh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Athabaskan *χeˑɬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*χeˑɬpack

via Proto-Athabaskan *x̣ə̓tɬʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*x̣ə̓tɬʼdarkness
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *χeˑɬ